Cultural Review and Historical Reflection from the Perspective of Irony——On the Root-Seeking Writing of Ma Busheng's Longdong Trilogy
Ma Busheng sets up three levels of irony in his root-seeking work"Longdong Trilogy".First of all,the dual relationship between dialect and common language is reversed,and thedialect,classical Chinese and Manda-rin are compared in the verbal irony of the characters in the novel,so as to highlight the importance of Longdong dialect and establish the cultural roots of Longdong region based on language.Secondly,by controlling the three aesthetic distances of reason,morality and time,narrative irony is used in the plot of the novel to make the char-acters form a strong contrast between nobility and meanness,so as to dig out the evil root of Longdong culture.Fi-nally,the author writes the local historical events and the whole family decline history with profound historical consciousness,and extracts the spirit of Longdong culture from the historical irony,so as to rebuild his spiritual hometown Longdong on the modern ruins.
Ma Bushengthe Longdong Trilogyironyroot-seeking novel